Kyle Martin Chandler (born September 17, 1965) is an American actor. He received critical acclaim for his performance as Eric Taylor in the NBC series Friday Night Lights(2006–2011), winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2011.
Making his screen acting debut in the 1988 television film Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story, Chandler’s first regular television role was in the ABC drama Homefront (1991–1993). This was followed by the lead role of Gary Hobson in the series Early Edition (1996–2000). His well-received guest appearance on the medical drama Grey’s Anatomy (2006–2007) earned Chandler his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Chandler’s film work has included notable supporting roles in King Kong (2005), The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), Super 8 (2011), Argo, Zero Dark Thirty (both 2012), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Carol (2015), Manchester by the Sea (2016), Game Night and First Man (both 2018), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), Godzilla vs. Kong (2021). Chandler has also starred in the Netflix thriller series Bloodline (2015–2017), for which he received further Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
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as DEA Agent Mateo ‘Matty’ Nix
as Agent Patrick Denham
as Bruce Baxter
as Mark Russell
as Mark Russell
as Chuck
as Hamilton Jordan
as Joe Chandler
as Coach
as Self
as Paul
as Jackson Lamb
as John
as Billy Benefield
as Joseph Bradley
as Harge Aird
as Tommy Keely
as Brooks
as Deke Slayton
as John Driscoll
as Dylan Young
4 episodes
as Coach Doyle (voice)
1 episodes
as Coach Taylor (voice)
1 episodes
as Coach Keegan (voice)
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Mitch McLusky
1 episodes
as Tucker Mardell (voice) (uncredited)
1 episodes
as (voice)
2 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Charles Main
3 episodes
as Eric Taylor
76 episodes
as Self
2 episodes
as Gary Hobson
90 episodes
as PVT William Griner
8 episodes
as John Rayburn
33 episodes
as Grunt
1 episodes
as Colonel Cathcart
6 episodes
as Bill Gurley
7 episodes
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